- A
monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-; from
Ancient Gr**** μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos) 'one sound', from μόνος (mónos) 'single' and...
- instance, the
diphthongs /ei ou/
monophthongized to /eː oː/
around the 5th
century BC, and the
diphthong /ai/
monophthongized to /eː/ in the
Koine Gr**** period...
-
vocalic diphthongs: *ai, *au and *ei. In Proto-Slavic,
these were
monophthongized as follows, with the
subscript indicating whether the
vowels trigger...
-
centering diphthongs: [eə̯], [øə̯], and [oə̯] or are
lengthened and
monophthongized to [ɪː], [øː], and [ʊː] The
dialect of
Hamont (in Limburg) has five...
-
whose quality does not
change throughout the
vowel is
called a
monophthong.
Monophthongs are
sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A
vowel sound...
- lax
vowels as in
Standard English. The
diphthongs /ei/ and /ou/ are
monophthongs [eː] and [oː] or even the
reverse diphthongs [ie] and [uo] (e.g. bay...
- many
speakers had an /ɛː/
monophthong in pain
distinct from an /æː/
monophthong in pane. /ɑw/, as in cause,
became monophthongized to /ɒː/,
later raising...
-
Monophthongs Front Central Back
short long
short long
short long
Close i இ iː ஈ u உ uː ஊ Mid e எ eː ஏ o ஒ oː ஓ Open ä அ äː ஆ...
- is
typically monophthongized to [e], e.g. sei /ˈsej/ < [ˈse]. In
vernacular varieties, the
diphthong /ow/ is
typically monophthongized to [o], e.g. sou...
-
traits of
later Koine phonology. By the 4th
century BC,
Boeotian had
monophthongized most diphthongs, and
featured a
fricative γ. In
contrast with Ionic-Attic...
